About the Margaret Papp Perry Memorial Hungarian Books Collection
The collection was developed between 1990 and 1995 with generous support through the "Margaret M. Perry Memorial Endowment Fund" by Dr. Richard Perry (Professor Emeritus of Higher Education) in memory of Margaret M. Perry.
Although this is a small collection, it speaks voluminously about Hungarian historical experience in Europe and America from the time of Conquest in 896 to recent decades. With extensive coverage of history, literature, arts, and social sciences, it educates interested students, scholars, and Toledo area residents interested in Hungary, Central/Eastern Europe, and Hungarians in America. This collection is a part of the rare book collection housed at the Canaday Center, and is available for researchers using the Canaday Center facility. Many of the books were published outside Hungary and may not be in Hungarian libraries while others may be available in several U.S. libraries with a similar call number. Some books have additional copies in the general collections that interested researchers can request via interlibrary loan.
Researchers specifically interested in researching Hungarian-Americans should be aware of the Vasváry Collection housed at the Somogyi Library in Szeged, Hungary. In addition to this, the National Széchenyi Library also offers its reseources to support research on Hungary and Hungarians. Finally, the Hungarian collection in Europeana may also prove valuable to researchers.
The collection represents critical, reference, and original works in the following subject areas:
Archaeology (some under Arts, others under Social Sciences and History)
Architecture (under Arts)
Art (Fine and Folk Art)
Ethnology-ethnography (under Social Sciences)
Folklore (under Literature)
Geography (under Social Sciences)
Government and politics (under History)
History and auto/biography
Literature: poetry, novels, and literary criticism
Music (Folk and art music) (under Arts)
Philosophy (under Literature)
Religion (under Literature)
Theatre and Film (under Literature)
The main categories are presented across the top of the page while the subcategories appear in the left navigation areas. The more extensive content pages also feature breadcrums to allow navigating within the respective subject areas. Each subject page presents an index to the books where the titles link to the corresponding book pages. The titles turn blue and underscored when you hover over with a mouse or other pointing devices. Each book page offers a call number that links to the corresponding library catalog record. Each thumbnail opens a slightly larger image (with some description) scanned selectively out of the book described on the book page. Using the bredcrumbs, left and top navigation bars will allow you to return to the subject and title lists.
